For Immediate Release

June 30, 2026

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In case you missed it – In a new op-ed published in the Washington Examiner, Spectrum for the Future’s Policy Director, Dave Wright, highlights the value of CBRS in driving economic activity across the country and the outsized impact of the band on American competitiveness.

In his piece, Wright reminds policy leaders that CBRS has been “quietly fueling the evolution of the American economy” by giving providers big and small the opportunity to own and operate their own private 5G network that suits their individual needs. This leads to a vast ecosystem of users reflecting the diversity of American ingenuity.

“Because CBRS is shared and locally licensed,” says Wright. “A manufacturer, a hospital, a school district, or a rural internet provider can build and control its own private 5G network without writing a multibillion-dollar check to a national carrier. That single design choice has unleashed a wave of investment and competition that exclusive-use licensed spectrum never could.”

Read Dave’s full op-ed here.

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The Spectrum Policy Debate Is Ignoring A Key Reality

Washington Examiner

June 26, 2026

This month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began its first spectrum auction in four years. Congress has directed the FCC to auction additional spectrum over the coming years, selling off slices of America’s airwaves to the highest bidder — almost certainly including AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, the three carriers that have dominated every major spectrum auction for decades.

That is worth pausing on. While some slices of America’s airwaves are being sold at the auction block, another is quietly fueling the evolution of the American economy — expanding internet access, increasing competition and driving down consumer costs.

That band is the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS), and a new report from multiple coalitions representing the manufacturers, rural broadband providers, and industrial operators who actually deploy CBRS shows just how well it is performing. By every measurable metric, CBRS has become the most widely utilized mid-band spectrum asset in the American economy.

Read the rest of the article in the Washington Examiner.